Bill Arbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > Assuming it doesn't use any BIOS calls I don't have any problem.
> > The only  thing I do have a problem with is the parameter format that
> > GRUB uses.  It isn't extensible.  It isn't hard to autodetect the
> > format and do the appropriat thing though.
> > 
> Grub uses a boatload of BIOS calls unfortunately.

A possible alternative would be to use some of the code from oskit.
The only downside is last time I looked it didn't looked like it 
wasn't noticeably smaller than just using a minimal linux kernel...

What do you see as the gain of using GRUB versus a small
user space program, on top of a minimal kernel?

Eric

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